Dishonored Tarot Deck

Included within the Special Edition of Dishonored is a 78-card tarot deck themed on the game, which is usable for playing the Game of Nancy, as well as for divination.

The deck consists of 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana cards, but differs from traditional tarot decks in both the names for Major Arcana and their positioning.

While Arkane Studios did not provide a companion book or online information to accompany the deck and explain its occult symbolism for divination purposes, Harvey Smith, Co-Creative Director of Dishonored, stated on Twitter:

"That's the kind of thing the community would have to do. We would pay attention to what the community devised. We'd look at it after the fact. Otherwise, too much work for already slammed people. Yeah, we'd love to see it, to give thoughts when we could, etc."

XXI - Death: Corvo Attano, once Lord Protector and bodyguard of Empress Jessamine Kaldwin, who was framed for her murder by Hiram Burrows. Freed by the Loyalists, he now treads a thin line between vengeance and justice.

The Outsider: A timeless being of magic and mystery that takes interest in select humans, including Corvo Attano.

Each suit contains four face cards (King, Queen, Commoner, and Jack) and ten numbered cards in descending order from 10 to 1.

Use in Divination

The Dishonored tarot deck.

While not specifically designed to standards of modern tarot decks, the cards within the Dishonored Tarot deck can theoretically be linked to their Arcana counterparts by using their representative character and personalities, compared with the meanings given to certain tarot cards.

There are multiple possibilities regarding how the Dishonored tarot deck aligns with the standard tarot deck, which can be found here.

Trivia

In-universe, a modified version of the Dishonored Tarot Deck is used, called the "Game of Nancy Tarot Deck".

Game of Nancy cards can be found during The Knife of Dunwall at the Timsh Estate and in a cell in Coldridge Prison during The Brigmore Witches.

Another card game unrelated to the Game of Nancy is mentioned in Dishonored. During the mission The Royal Physician, a City Watch guard describes several types of hands to Earl, a lower guard, who doesn't accept his defeat at cards. In growing order: basic Pair, Two Pair, Tall Towers, Captain's Quarters, Dunwall, Royal Dunwall and The Lord Regent's Purse.

It is possible to tell which way up a card in the Dishonored deck has been dealt by looking at the Outsider symbol on the back.